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I'm curious how can someone own this already.
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#2
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Pre-order folder.
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Got it, thanks
Curious if it got release a full month before during some event, but that seemed a bit too early. |
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Release date seems to have been pushed to "early Summer" due to "intensive production" |
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Has anyone heard anything about this yet? I'm hoping that it won't get canceled.
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https://instagram.com/p/48scfYQfmX/ |
#7
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We've got a web presale date of October 2 and general release date of October 30 now!
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It's about time... haha
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No bonus CD with vol. 5?
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#10
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Nope, bonus for this one appears to be transparent stickers of the games' logos.
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Will they be inside the sealed album or separate? I hope they're included... otherwise it means limited quantity...
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#12
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They just announced the tracklisting if someone wants to add it.
I'd do it but I don't want to mess anything up. |
#13
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Just add it, I or somebody else can fix it if anything is wrong.
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Could someone who owns this please add scans?
I'm curious to see what the packaging looks like. |
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I feel SuperSweep got some of the credits wrong for Cyber Commando. The tracks that we all know Hosoe didn't do have either "NEGATEN" or "NUGATEN" in their titles in the ROM (I checked using ctr's QuattroPlay). The track credited to Sasaki on the CD has "NUGATEN" while Ishikawa's tracks have "NEGATEN" in them. However, "Metal Serpent" also has "NEGATEN" in it while "Rafflesia" has "NUGATEN". This could indicate that Ishikawa and Sasaki composed those tracks respectively, which would make sense since it does sound more like their styles than Hosoe's.
Not sure if I should update the credits yet, though. Last edited by drdevilfx; Dec 1, 2018 at 01:11 PM. |
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I would hopefully trust Shinji Hosoe to get the credits right on a works album published by his own company haha, but I'll note that the SuperSweep website specifically doesn't have the greatest track record in accuracy, and that's where the current breakdown comes from. I'd be interested in hearing if the booklet has different credits.
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What are tracks 9~14 on Disc 2 from? They sound a lot higher quality then the arcade version of StarBlade, but I also don't think they are arrangements created for this album, as they sound far closer to something the people credited would've made during the 90s. I'd then assume it's from one of the home console ports of the game, but based on the gameplay I can find on YouTube, the Mega CD, 3DO and PS ports of the game all just reuse the Arcade soundtrack. I'm confused on the origin of these songs due to all of this.
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The booklet says: "Works made by employee & ex-employee of BNEI in the course of his/her duties". That applies to both Hosoe himself and the arrangers. BNEI means Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. To me it sounds like tracks 9-14 on disc 2 were indeed arranged versions done for the game or its ports. Maybe they are alternate versions or prototype/unused versions for the arcade game itself? I don't really have a clue, I'm just guessing... |
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I was actually looking at the Namco Game Sound Express albums yesterday, and Vol. 12 has the exact songs I mentioned so they definitely aren't for this album. Considering the Game Sound Express album only mentions Galaxian 3 Theater 6, I'd assume they were for that game.
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I did an extensive write-up on Galaxian 3 and its music last year and yeah, when they downsized the 28-player behemoth down to a 6-player machine that could be installed in arcades (the Theater 6) they reused and remixed some tunes from Starblade, which itself was born out of a failed attempt to make a single player Galaxian 3.
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Aifread, is your Galaxian 3 write-up available online somewhere? I would be interested in reading it.
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It was in Chris Porter's soundtrack collector group on Facebook. More just a summary of what I was able to find about the game than an in-depth analysis. I'll repost the text here:
Spoiler:
Last edited by Aifread; May 25, 2022 at 11:41 PM. |
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Thanks for the reposting the text, Aifread. That was a really interesting read! The 28-player arcade cabinet looks amazing in the video. I will check later more gameplay footage to better see how they combine LaserDisc with 3D graphics.
More importantly, now I really have to listen to the soundtracks for Galaxian 3, StarBlade and Attack of the Zolgear. I know some of Hosoe's music (like Dragon Saber), but he has done so much and his stuff is pretty hit & miss for my tastes that I often feel discouraged to figure out what to listen to next. I've often seen those Namco Sound Express CDs for sale and noticed their low release price, so he is in the back of my mind quite often. |
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Though he's a pretty ubiquitous name to anyone into VGM (if not for his own works than for his arrangements that crop up everywhere), he wasn't really on my radar until I discovered that he created some of the most impressive music to grace arcade cabinets in the late 80s, even running circles around the likes of Hiro at Sega imo. Check out "BGM4" from Assault (1988) to see what I mean. It's pretty insane for its time. Metal Hawk (also 1988) is crazy good too. They're available on vols. 1 and 2 of this series, respectively.
Last edited by Aifread; May 27, 2022 at 04:39 AM. |
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I'd say he's one of my favorite composers, due to his creativity and versatility, so he's made many bangers over the years. That being said I've noticed that a few of his OSTs have received quite a bit of criticism, including Cyber Sled and Xenosaga II, due to the tracks being considered overly upbeat and repetitive. Although those aren't perfect, I still dig his style, whether it's 80s-style synthpop, crazy techno or jazz fusion.
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Tracks 9-14 from Disc 2 come from a LaserDisc release of StarBlade. This release was kind of like a video strategy guide that showed the game. (A reviewer on Amazon wrote a short snippet about it.)
The LaserDisc has a catalogue number of VILL-59 and you can buy it for example on Surugaya. |
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